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Carmen, la de Triana (Carmen, the girl from Triana) is a 1938Spanish/Germanmusical film directed byFlorián Rey and starringImperio Argentina,Rafael Rivelles andManuel Luna.[1] It was a Spanish-language version of the 1938 filmNights in Andalusia based on the operaCarmen byGeorges Bizet.
Triana is a neighbourhood ofSeville.
The movie takes place in Seville in 1835. Carmen, a young gypsy woman, intends to enter the barracks to give Antonio Vargas Heredia some tobacco. Thanks to a favor from Brigadier José, she gets to see the “torero”. In return Carmen offers the soldier the carnation in her hair. But not without informing everyone that she will sing at Mulero's tavern that night. José comes to see her. While Carmen sings, another woman steals the carnation José was given by the gipsy earlier.
This Spanish version and the parallel German version are an inspiration for the 1998 Spanish filmThe Girl of Your Dreams.
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